Religious Studies

Religious studies majors focus on the world’s religions. They explore the rituals, beliefs, texts, and ethical systems of the world’s religions. They look at the cultural contexts that shape, and are in turn shaped by, religious communities and beliefs. The major is intended for those who want to understand religious community and spirituality in their incarnations across many disciplines and cultures.

Track

Major in Religious Studies

Students gain critical understanding of religion as a community and as an individual enterprise. In particular, the major looks at how religion relates to other human endeavors in the allied fields. Students engage religious issues with other disciplines as well.

What You'll Learn

Excellent preparation

I graduated in 2005 with departmental honors in religious studies and started the M.Div. program at Yale University Divinity School the following August. My work at Hollins prepared me very well for the rigorous academics at Yale.

Sarah Patterson White, M.Div., Yale, currently pursuing a Ph.D. at St. Louis University